This exhibition highlights illustrations from the "fast" literature of the Lilly's London Lowlife Collection. The materials span three decades of the 1800s, and feature sensational prints, comics, and engravings.

This exhibition is an adaptation of an Indiana University Art Museum exhibit displayed in Spring 2009. Although it is not a Lilly Library exhibition, it contains many items from the Lilly Library's collection.

An exhibition focusing on medical books in the Lilly Library from the 17th century, the time of William Harvey and the discovery of the circulation of the blood, arguably the most significant anatomical discovery of all times.

An online exhibition of "vanishing" fore-edge paintings, which were first popularized in the late 18th century, often along the edges of books with find bindings.

An online exhibition featuring children's games in the Lilly Library collection that were inspired by popular literature and literary figures.

A small sampling of books and manuscripts in the Lilly Library dealing with ships and the sea during the time before steam-powered vessels.

An online exhibition featuring many of the pamphlets, books, and newspapers published by Daniel Defoe, the prolific English writer best known for his novel, The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.

An exhibition of books on ballooning, from its beginnings in the late eighteenth century to children's books of today.

Explore the cultural impact of bicycles through trade catalogs, touring guides, cycling fiction, and sheet music.

Explore the James Bond novels and Ian Fleming's manuscripts for them, and learn about Ian Fleming the book collector.

An online exhibition based on the Lilly Library exhibition of 2004, featuring a selection of its rich collection of Joycean materials, including first editions of all his major texts.

An online exhibition based on the Lilly Library exhibition of 2000, featuring books and manuscripts relating to Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective.

A selection of nineteenth century Christmas and New Year's cards. Send an electronic postcard featuring cards from this exhibit.

Miniature books, most of which are less than three inches tall and some of which are smaller than a penny, have delighted readers for centuries. See a selection of the library's 16,000 miniatures, dating from 2000 B.C. to the present day.

A selection of nineteenth century Valentine cards, from the sentimental to the comic. Send an electronic postcard featuring cards from this exhibit.

An online exhibition of Victorian holiday cards in the Lilly Library.

On the 150th anniversary of his birth, this exhibition seeks to explore James Whitcomb Riley's impact on American society and 19th century literary world.

Images and transcriptions of documents including George Washington's letter accepting the presidency.

Political cartoons depicting times of turbulence in American history from the Revolutionary War to the presidential elections which brought Abraham Lincoln to the White House.

Drawing from materials donated by John K. Jennings, Indiana's WPA administrator during the late 1930's and early 1940's, this exhibition highlights some of the projects undertaken by the WPA in Indiana.

The British bookbindings featured in this online exhibition were commissioned in 1972 from twenty-three leading artists and craftspeople in Great Britain to show the impressive range of artistry in British bookbinding.